Political:
Neocolonialism, FTAA, Cuba's Communist, UN, Dependant Territories
Place: Physical:
Lesser Antilles - made up of small islands from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad (should we use a picture???)
Climate - warm year-round because near equator
- Abundant rainfall (80+ inches)
- Inter-tropical convergency zone (trade winds forced upward, creates precipitation) north in winter, south in summer, causes different amount of rainfall
- Hurricanes
Seas - Caribbean
Land Features - Rimland Forests (coastal zone of the mainland)
Arid Zones
Greater Antilles - made up of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic) and Puerto Rico
Envionmental Issues - Deforestation - Jamaica and Dominican Republic --> 30% still forested
- Puerto Rico --> about 1/4 still forested
- Cuba - Less than 20% still forested
- Coastal Pollution
Savannas and Mangroves - Savanna --> fertile grasslands, provide good farmland
- Mangroves --> Swamps Human
Music – rhythmic beats
Language – mostly European languages, (Spanish, French, English, and Dutch dominate other language)
Creolization – blending of cultures like African, European, Amerindian.
Religion – Voodoo in Haiti, cuba, and Jamaica
Plantations – mono-crop production (single crop production)
Immigration – When Asians immigrated, indentured labor was made so there would be no labor shortages.
Maroons and African diaspora– Africans were taken from their homes and forced to be slaves.Some would then run away.
HIV/AIDS – There are about three times the amount of people in the Caribbean with HIV/AIDS than in the United States.
Fertility Decline – Cuba now allows abortion and birth control, which significantly decreases the fertility rate.
Migration - Caribbean diaspora – People from the Caribbean moving all around the world (happened at a great rate in the 1950’s because of a poor economy)
Economic:
FTZs, Offshore Banking, WTO, CARICOM, Tourist Areas, Free Trade Area of the Americas
Physical:
Rimland Forest, Caribbean Sea, Antillean Islands, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Palm Savannas, Mangrove Swamp
Cultural:
Creolization, Neo-Africa
Political:
Neocolonialism, FTAA, Cuba's Communist, UN, Dependant Territories
Place:
Physical:
Lesser Antilles - made up of small islands from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad (should we use a picture???)
Climate - warm year-round because near equator
- Abundant rainfall (80+ inches)
- Inter-tropical convergency zone (trade winds forced upward, creates precipitation) north in winter, south in summer, causes different amount of rainfall
- Hurricanes
Seas - Caribbean
Land Features - Rimland Forests (coastal zone of the mainland)
Arid Zones
Greater Antilles - made up of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic) and Puerto Rico
Envionmental Issues - Deforestation - Jamaica and Dominican Republic --> 30% still forested
- Puerto Rico --> about 1/4 still forested
- Cuba - Less than 20% still forested
- Coastal Pollution
Savannas and Mangroves - Savanna --> fertile grasslands, provide good farmland
- Mangroves --> Swamps
Human
- Music – rhythmic beats
- Language – mostly European languages, (Spanish, French, English, and Dutch dominate other language)
- Creolization – blending of cultures like African, European, Amerindian.
- Religion – Voodoo in Haiti, cuba, and Jamaica
- Plantations – mono-crop production (single crop production)
- Immigration – When Asians immigrated, indentured labor was made so there would be no labor shortages.
- Maroons and African diaspora– Africans were taken from their homes and forced to be slaves. Some would then run away.
- HIV/AIDS – There are about three times the amount of people in the Caribbean with HIV/AIDS than in the United States.
- Fertility Decline – Cuba now allows abortion and birth control, which significantly decreases the fertility rate.
- Migration - Caribbean diaspora – People from the Caribbean moving all around the world (happened at a great rate in the 1950’s because of a poor economy)
Circular Migration – a temporary move where individuals move for workOverseas.
- Chain Migration – moving to a certain destination.
11. Cities - Mechanization of agriculture, offshore industrialization, rapid growth population RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRATION
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